Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 11:34:26 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] shipping kernels with default modules? Message-ID: <4DF3B532.6020908@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTin2AwKRT7N6HWqBctJcT72_mR=Otg@mail.gmail.com> References: <BANLkTin2AwKRT7N6HWqBctJcT72_mR=Otg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 6/11/2011 2:21 AM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > Hi guys, > > Has there been any further thought as of late about shipping kernels > with modules only by default, rather than monolithic kernels? > > I tried this experiment a couple years ago and besides a little > trickery with ACPI module loading, it worked out fine. > > Is there any reason we aren't doing this at the moment? Eg by having a > default loader modules list populated from the kernel config file? Has anyone benchmarked monolithic vs. modular? I think that should be done before we move in this direction. Doug -- Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. -- OK Go Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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